Combined paper and pencil dispenser



June 19, 1956 H. 1. BIERWERT 2,751,112

COMBINED PAPER AND PENCIL DISPENSER Filed June 26, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 1INVENTOR Howard L. B/eI/Ve/"Z' 9 ATTORNEY June 19, 1956 H. 1. BIERWERTCOMBINED PAPER AND PENCIL DISPENSER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 26, 1952INVENTOR ATTORNEY a .H H mmmmm."EE ERE: Mu 3 Z rM-l 7 W4 2 1 o A MWwmllm 4 w W 1 1% 3 .2 2 7 f w w w [NAIR (I and;

COMBINED PAPER AND PENCH. DISPENSER Howard L. Bierwert, Maplewood, N. J.Application June 26, 1952, Serial No. 295,728

Claims. (Cl. 221-199) This invention relates to a combined sheet paperand pencil dispenser and it consists in the constructions, arrangementsand combinations herein described and claimed.

It is an important object of the invention to provide a dispensingdevice wherein a single sheet of paper and a pencil are simultaneouslyejected from the cabinet of the device where they may be readily reachedfor use.

More specifically, it is an object of the invention to provide a cabinetstructure which is divided into a compartment for support of sheets ofpaper which are to be ejected and a compartment for support of a pencil,the cabinet housing a single slide member having a finger for engagingthe foremost sheet of paper within the compartment therefor, and furtherhaving a spring finger for engaging a pencil carrier slidable in thecompartment therefor, the slide being actuated exteriorly of the cabinetto sirnutaneously eject a single sheet or" paper and elevate the pencilto positions exteriorly of the cabinet, said pencil carrier beingreleasably supported for return to its inoperative position within thecabinet.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a dispensing device ofthe character described which embodies few parts of simple constructionand which is eflicient in operation.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention will beapparent from the following description considered in conjunction withthe accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure l is a perspective view of the dispensing cabinet,

Figure 2 is atop plan view thereof,

Figure 3 is a vertical cross-section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a vertical cross section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1,

Figure 5 is a rear elevation of the cabinet with the back r coverremoved, illustrating the parts in normal housed position,

Figure 6 is a similar view with the parts in elevating position,

Figure 7 is a cross section on the line 7-7 of Figure l, and

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the slide.

There is illustrated a cabinet generally indicated at 10, which in thepresent instance is shown of a size for dispensing desk memorandumsheets, although it is to be understood that the invention is not solimited.

The cabinet comprises a bottom 11, a front wall 12, side walls 13 and14, a rear wall 15 and a top wall 16 which are suitably secured togetherto form the cabinet shown. It will be noted that the side walls 13 and14 are cut on a bias at their lower ends or at the juncture with thebottom wall so that the cabinet is slightly rearwardly inclined.

Within the cabinet there is a vertical partition wall 17 of the sameheight as the side walls 13 and 14 dividing the cabinet into a papercompartment 18 and a pencil compartment 19. The partition wall 17 stopsshort of the front wall 12 a suitable distance forming a passageway fora slide member as will be presently described.

Within the paper compartment 18 and secured upon the bottom wall 11,there is an inclined paper support 20, the inclination being toward therear of the cabinet, thus causing the upper portions of paper sheets tomove toward the rear of the cabinet for a purpose to be explained. Thepaper support 20 is of a width and length corresponding to that of thecompartment 18 and forwardly thereof, at respective ends of the supportan upright 21 is secured. These uprights 21 are spaced apart forming avertical passage 22 through which a paper ejecting finger may moveduring operation of the device. The uprights 21 function as verticalsupports for the sheets of paper when placed in the compartment.

To the rear of the front wall 12 forwardly of the compartments 18 and 19and positioned to slide vertically be tween the side walls 13 and 14there is a plate 23, which as best seen in Figure 8 has a right angularextension 24 adapted to slidably engage the inner face of the wall 13,as shown in Figure 7. The side wall 13 has a vertically extended slot 25through which a handle 26 is extended, the handle being secured to theextension 24 of the plate 23. The handle 26 being the means foreffecting downward vertical sliding movement of the plate 23 against thetension of an elastic element 27 secured at a low portion of the plate23 and the top wall 16.

Upon the lower edge of the plate 23 a paper engaging finger 28 isswingably mounted, which in the present instance comprises a sheet metalplate 29 secured to the slidable plate 23, the plate 29 having a bearing30 at the lower edge thereof. The finger 28 is formed from a singlestrand of wire bent to form a bight 31 intermediate the length thereofproviding respective legs 32 which diverge in opposite directions, theends of the legs being bent toward each other, at right angles to engagein adjacent ends of the bearing 30. The finger 28 is normally positionedvertically with respect to the plate 23 so that it may swing through thepassage 22 and engage sheets of paper in the compartment 18. To providean effective grip upon sheets of paper to be ejected, the bight portion31 is en cased by a rubber sleeve 33 which preferably extends b yond thebight portion a distance.

At the upper edge of the extension 24 a pencil elevator 34 is securedand comprises a spring tongue 35 which extends downwardly within thecompartment 19 as shown in Figures 5 and 6. The lower end of the tongue35 is formed with a recurved portion 36 which in ejecting positionassumes a location in the medial vertical axis of the compartment 19 anddisposed beneath a base 37 of an upright cylindrical tube 38. The upperend of the tube 38 receives a cylindrical pencil support 39 which isrigidly secured to the inner face of the side wall 13 and slidablyguides the tube 38 in the ejection of a pencil. The base 37 of the tube33 rests upon a spacer block 40 of a height to space the base 37 adistance above the bottom Wall 11, in order that the recurved portion 36may spring beneath the base 37. It will be noted that the top wall 16 isof a width stopping short of the rear wall 15 providing a space forpassage of the paper and pencil.

In use, with the sliding plate 23 and the pencil elevator 34 in theposition shown in Figure 5, thesheets of paper in compartment 18 Will beinclined forward to the front wall at their lower ends, by virtue of therearward inclination of the cabinet 10 and the inclined paper support20. The paper engaging finger28 by reason of its pivotal mounting asshown, falls by action of gravity toward the paper sheets, presentingthe terminal end of the rubber sleeve 33 into contacting engagement withthe foremost sheet of paper.

In order to simultaneously eject a sheet of paper and a pencil withinthe elevator 34, it is only necessary to exert a downward pressure onthe handle 26. Such pressure moves the plate 23 in a vertically downwarddirection moving the finger 28 so as to engage a low portion of acontacted sheet of paper. Also, such downward movement lowered theelevator 34 so that the recurved portion 36 springs beneath the base 37of the tube 38, the base supporting a pencil indicated at 41. The tube38 and the pencil support 39 are, of course, of such lengths as to be intelescoping relation, and when the pressure on the handle 26 isreleased, the elastic tension element 27 is allowed to contract, thusdrawing the slide plate 23 in an upward direction. By reason of suchmovement, a sheet of paper will be raised to an exterior portion of thecabinet and likewise a pencil will have been elevated, where they may beconveniently reached. It will be noted that the pencil elevator 34 is inits uppermost position, but when the pencil is returned into the pencilsupport 29 and a downward pressure is exerted, the base 37 of the tube38 will spring the recurved portion 3% to one side allowing the tube tocome to rest on the spacer block 4%, and all parts are in position forthe next operation.

When replenishing the paper supply, the cabinet is tilted forwardly sothat the finger 28 lies against the plate 23.

In Figure 9, there is shown a modified form of a means for raising apencil support, in which the tube 38 and pencil support 39 areconstructed and mounted as previously described. The spring tonguehowever, is secured to the side wall 13' and functions only forretaining the tube 38 in releasable elevated position by pressurethereagainst.

A lever 42 is pivotally mounted at a low point on the wall 13 as at 43and comprises a long downwardly curved arm 44 the free end 45 of whichis disposed beneath the tube 38. The short arm 46 of the lever ispositioned so as to extend beneath the slide 23. Thus it will be seenthat when the slide 23 is moved downwardly against the tension of aspring (not shown) the short arm 46 will be moved downwardly whencontacted by the slide causing upward movement of the long arm 44 toraise the tube to position the pencil exteriorly of the cabinet. Thespring 35 will frictionally hold the tube 33' in raised position.

While l have shown and described a preferred form of the device, this isby way of illustration only and I consider as my own all suchmodifications in construction as fairly fall Within the scope of theappended claims.

I claim:

I. A dispenser for simultaneously ejecting a sheet of paper and a pencilcomprising a cabinet structure having a paper compartment and a pencilcompartment, each compartment having an open top, a vertically disposedslide member forwardly of said compartments, elastic means connectedwith the slide for maintaining the slide in its uppermost positionwithin the cabinet, said slide having means for engaging a foremostsheet of paper in the paper compartment and also having means forengaging a slidable pencil support in the pencil compartment and ahandle means for pressing said slide downwardly against the tension ofthe elastic means whereby upon release of said handle upward movement ofthe slide will elevate a sheet of paper and the pencil through the opentops of said compartments.

2. The structure of claim 1, in which the means for engaging theforemost sheet of paper comprises a finger swingably connected at a lowportion of the slide and movable into contacting engagement with thesheet of paper under action of gravity.

3. The structure of claim 1, in which the means for engaging the pencilsupport comprises a spring pressed tongue having a recurved portion forengaging the slidable pencil support, said recurved portion beingmovable to a point beneath the support upon downward movement of theslide for elevating the support upon upward movement of the slide.

4. A dispenser for simultaneously ejecting a sheet of paper and a pencilcomprising a cabinet structure having a rearward inclination, a papercompartment and a pencil compartment within the cabinet, said papercompartment having a rearwardly and downwardly inclined paper support toincline the upper ends of the sheets in a rearward direction, eachcompartment having an open top, a vertically disposed slide memberforwardly of said compartments, an elastic means connected between alowportion of the slide and an upper portion of the cabinet for maintainingthe slide in its uppermost position in the cabinet, a paper-engagingfinger swingably connected at a low portion of the slide and movableinto contacting engagement with a sheet of paper under action ofgravity, said finger having a rubber sleeve on the free end thereof; afixed pencil guide within the pencil compartment and mounted at theupper end of said compartment, a sleeve telescopically engaged upon thelower end of said pencil guide, said sleeve having a base member at thelower end thereof, a spring pressed tongue carried by the slide andpositioned beside the pencil guide and sleeve, a spacer block beneaththe base of the sleeve, said spring tongue having a recurved portionadapted to engage beneath the base of the sleeve when said slide ismoved to its lowermost position, and means for moving said slide memberto its lowermost position.

5. A pencil dispensing means comprising a cabinet having a compartmentprovided with an open upper end, an elongated pencil guide fixed in theupper end of said compartment, a sleeve telescopically engaged upon saidpencil guide, said sleeve having a base member, a spacing block in thebottom of the cabinet for spacing the base member of the sleevethereabove, a slide member within the compartment and movable verticallytherein, said slide member having a spring pressed tongue having arecurved portion, normally contacting said sleeve means for moving theslide member to its lowermost position to present the recurved portionbeneath the base of the sleeve, and elastic means between the slide andcabinet for moving the sleeve to its uppermost positron.

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